The Tulsa, Okla.-based Mary K. Chapman Foundation, which recently opened an office in Colorado Springs, has awarded the Philharmonic $90,000 to co-sponsor its pops program.

“The Chapman Foundation is new in town down here,” said Philharmonic marketing manager Nathan C. Willers. “They have recently been added to the mix and have only just started granting to local organizations, in addition to El Pomar and Bee Vrandenburg and some other larger foundations. So we’re not the first, but we’re one of the early ones and we’re awfully excited about the size of this grant.”